An Email got us $5k in AWS Credits

Post by _5659 » Tue, Aug 04, 2020, 6:05 AM UTC

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #58

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Dude. WHAT are you doing. I understand that your situation mandates a bit of pragmatism in order to survive. If that is the case, why are you painting a target on your back? Do you seriously think nobody at Facebook reads this? You just admitted, with your REAL NAME, that you basically lied to Facebook about information that actively poses a liability to them and took their money. I am seriously baffled as to why you…

I told Facebook doesn't know "I'm disabled" that's all, To imply I got selected meritoriously. Obviously everything about my Startup was part of my application details, since my application was hosted on Facebook platform(messenger app) it knew the statistics as well and I believe that's the reason it got selected. Then again, its Facebook we are talking about here, it might even know what I had for breakfast the day…

Post by jessaustin » Thu, Aug 06, 2020, 1:24 PM UTC

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In fact, I am a white Caucasian but I am not a Jew. At this point, one such as myself would have to have his head up his ass not to realize that racism exists in USA, and it manifests among other ways in the privilege enjoyed by many (but of course not all!) white people in USA business contexts. "Racist" isn't a bad word. Many aspects of our society are actually racist, and we need a word to describe that situation.…

If you think someone is being racist then tell them about it. Just be prepared for laughter when they discover that what you're really whinging about is being reminded that privilege exists Sure, but the way to do it isn't to scream "You're privileged!!!" That's not productive and makes people defensive. Same for the poar above. The way they presented it was unproductive.

Post by barrenko » Thu, Aug 06, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

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> Over and over in my career I was amazed at what happened when I just bothered showing up. Just remember to acknowledge how exceedingly well this works for white guys and the uphill battle faced by others.

Upvoted you to help get you out of the negative. I experienced agism for the first time when I turned 40. What used to be pretty much a guaranteed first interview after applying, turned into getting lost in the stack of resumes and never getting callbacks. I decided to take a break from tech a year and a half ago after the worst burnout of my life. And with COVID-19, I've decided to extend that another year or two. T…